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By The New York Times April 29, 2013 10:20 amApril 29, 2013 10:20 am

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Eli Miller has been delivering bottles of seltzer around Brooklyn for 53 years.Credit Dave Sanders for The New York Times

The New York Times: Eli Miller is closing in on 80 years old, and he’s still delivering seltzer to customers in Brooklyn. Why? In his words: “I don’t want them to have to drink that dreck you buy in the supermarket.” — Jeff Gordinier

Thinking-Drinking: Who was New York’s first female sommelier? The answer is not simple, but when Elizabeth Bird became the sommelier at the Algonquin in 1943, it warranted an article in The New York Times. Erin Scala tries to track down the particulars. — Eric Asimov

NPR: Even though you saw Jerry sitting at a coffee shop all those years with Elaine and Kramer and George, the real Jerry Seinfeld never liked coffee. That is, not until five years ago. He called NPR’s “Morning Edition” to tell the program he had recently discovered the joys of drinking coffee: “You don’t even really need a place. But you feel like you’re doing something. That is what coffee is. And that is one of the geniuses of the new coffee culture.” — Maria Newman

The Guardian: The complete and highly opinionated tomato-soup primer, with diagrams. No mugs, please. Thick, glossy, velvety smoothness is de rigueur. Acceptable are a cream swirl and a blob of pesto. And: more croutons, please. — Glenn Collins

Foodbeast: At last, for the terminally lazy: the reversible coffee mug. Wake up with a shot of espresso from the tiny cup on the top, then flip the mug to nurse a latte in the big cup at the bottom. Looks like a big glass, double-egg cup. — Glenn Collins

The Guardian: Is that chic kitchen gadget of yours actually a leftover from the 1970s? — Jeff Gordinier

Nation’s Restaurant News: Based in part on lower global coffee prices, the second-quarter revenues at Starbucks were up 11 percent, and same-store sales up a solid 6 percent, as the company plans to open 1,650 stores this year. — Glenn Collins